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enNewsCopyright National Observer.info@nationalobserver.com (Linda Solomon)admin@nationalobserver.com (Bruno De Bondt)Drupal 7Tue, 26 Sep 2017 13:22:43 -0700Tue, 26 Sep 2017 14:01:12 -0700Trudeau government names Mona Nemer as chief scientisthttp://master.nationalobserver.com/2017/09/26/news/trudeau-government-names-mona-nemer-chief-scientist
The Trudeau government has named Mona Nemer, a distinguished medical researcher, as its new chief scientist.Politicsnationalobserver-8101Tue, 26 Sep 2017 13:22:43 PDTNational Observer: Front PageUber threatens to pull out of Quebec because of ruleshttp://master.nationalobserver.com/2017/09/26/news/uber-threatens-pull-out-quebec-because-rules
Uber's Quebec general manager Jean-Nicolas Guillemette told reporters today if the province doesn't revert back to the original conditions, the service will shut down on Oct. 14.Politicsnationalobserver-8098Tue, 26 Sep 2017 08:50:48 PDTNational Observer: Front PageCanadian oilpatch says critics exaggerated its influence on Christy Clark governmenthttp://master.nationalobserver.com/2017/09/25/news/canadian-oilpatch-says-critics-exaggerated-its-influence-christy-clark-government
CAPP's vice president of Western Canada operations said the association is aware that campaign contributions were a "significant election issue." Energy, Politicsnationalobserver-8011Mon, 25 Sep 2017 14:53:37 PDTNational Observer: Front PageNEB cracks down on Kinder Morgan for disrupting streams on pipeline routehttp://master.nationalobserver.com/2017/09/26/news/neb-cracks-down-kinder-morgan-disrupting-streams-pipeline-route
The National Energy Board has issued a stern warning to the company building a major west coast pipeline expansion about apparent violations of federal law.Energy, Politicsnationalobserver-8100Tue, 26 Sep 2017 12:08:27 PDTNational Observer: Front PageNiki Ashton has a plan to fix Trudeau's 'patchwork' of green fundinghttp://master.nationalobserver.com/2017/09/25/news/niki-ashton-has-plan-fix-trudeaus-patchwork-green-funding
Federal funding to green the economy is too important to be left to private corporations or foundations, NDP leadership hopeful Niki Ashton is arguing. Politicsnationalobserver-8085Mon, 25 Sep 2017 14:46:41 PDTNational Observer: Front PageCitizens plot bug slaughter to protect Canada's freshwaterhttp://master.nationalobserver.com/2017/09/25/news/citizens-plot-bug-slaughter-protect-canadas-freshwater
Canadian researchers have created a kind of bar code technology for bugs that could help them understand the impacts of human activity on watersheds.nationalobserver-8084Mon, 25 Sep 2017 10:48:19 PDTNational Observer: Front PageTime for the rich to show climate change leadershiphttp://master.nationalobserver.com/2017/09/25/opinion/time-rich-show-climate-change-leadership
It is time Canada’s wealthiest individuals and families step up on the need for action on climate change.Energy, Politicsnationalobserver-8063Mon, 25 Sep 2017 07:51:45 PDTNational Observer: Front PageMassive Walk for Reconciliation shows Canada's desire for unity and healinghttp://master.nationalobserver.com/2017/09/25/opinion/massive-walk-reconciliation-shows-canadas-desire-unity-and-healing
From Jewish-Canadian Holocaust survivors to the federal Attorney General, at least 30,000 people walked in solidarity with Indigenous peoples on Sunday. nationalobserver-8086Mon, 25 Sep 2017 14:43:21 PDTNational Observer: Front Page'Where is she buried?' Government prepares database on Inuit tuberculosis graveshttp://master.nationalobserver.com/2017/09/25/news/where-she-buried-government-prepares-database-inuit-tuberculosis-graves
Jack Anawak was eight years old in 1956, the year the doctors came to his family's home in their tiny Arctic community and took his mother south to treat her tuberculosis.Politicsnationalobserver-8077Mon, 25 Sep 2017 10:39:20 PDTNational Observer: Front PageLibrairie Racines brings diverse artists to Montréal-Nord http://master.nationalobserver.com/2017/08/21/news/librairie-racines-brings-diverse-artists-montreal-nord
A unique bookstore that celebrates and honours artists of colour has just opened in Montreal, where many youth feel underrepresented in Quebec's cultural world. Politics, Culturenationalobserver-7498Mon, 21 Aug 2017 08:34:24 PDTNational Observer: Front PageGabriel Nadeau-Dubois is taking Quebec by stormhttp://master.nationalobserver.com/2017/09/22/news/gabriel-nadeau-dubois-taking-quebec-storm
Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, 27, a rookie member of the National Assembly for the Montreal riding of Gouin wants to change politics and he's turning the province's political landscape on its head.Energy, Politicsnationalobserver-8037Fri, 22 Sep 2017 15:01:59 PDTNational Observer: Front PageConservative MP Dianne Watts announces bid for B.C. Liberal leadershiphttp://master.nationalobserver.com/2017/09/25/news/conservative-mp-dianne-watts-announces-bid-bc-liberal-leadership
An MP for Surrey, B.C., says she will step down from her federal post and dedicate her full efforts to becoming the next leader of the B.C. Liberals.Politicsnationalobserver-8080Mon, 25 Sep 2017 06:30:43 PDTNational Observer: Front PageNeonatal intensive care reimagined. A Vancouver story.http://master.nationalobserver.com/2017/09/23/analysis/neonatal-intensive-care-reimagined-vancouver-story
Hilary Mason knows what it feels like to give birth only to have her newborn son whisked from her arms into the care of medical staff in the neonatal intensive care unit.nationalobserver-8060Sat, 23 Sep 2017 12:38:47 PDTNational Observer: Front PagePipeline 'man camps' loom over B.C.'s Highway of Tearshttp://master.nationalobserver.com/2017/09/21/news/pipeline-man-camps-loom-over-bcs-highway-tears
A B.C. First Nation prepares for a possible influx of thousands of temporary energy industry workers over the next decade to try to prevent increased violence and crime.Energy, Politicsnationalobserver-7811Thu, 21 Sep 2017 14:38:45 PDTNational Observer: Front PageCanada deploys 'multi-pronged' lobbying to counter Trump's EPA cutshttp://master.nationalobserver.com/2017/09/21/news/canada-deploys-multi-pronged-lobbying-counter-trumps-epa-cuts
Elimination, laceration or privatization: inside the Trudeau government's full-court press to save ENERGY STAR from Trump's budget knives. Energy, Politicsnationalobserver-8042Thu, 21 Sep 2017 05:04:39 PDTNational Observer: Front PageIslamophobie, droit des travailleurs et environnement: entrevue exclusive de GNDhttp://master.nationalobserver.com/2017/09/22/news/islamophobie-droit-des-travailleurs-et-environnement-entrevue-exclusive-de-gnd
Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois dit que le devoir de condamner les groupes d'extrême droite s’applique à la classe politique entière du Québec. Politicsnationalobserver-8051Fri, 22 Sep 2017 14:29:38 PDTNational Observer: Front PageMcKenna addresses 'climate Barbie' furor, slams rampant sexism on the righthttp://master.nationalobserver.com/2017/09/21/news/mckenna-addresses-climate-barbie-furor-slams-rampant-sexism-right
Canada's environment minister says she's fed up with the sexist comments women in politics have to put up with, and she accuses conservatives of being the worst offenders in the misogyny department.Politicsnationalobserver-8046Thu, 21 Sep 2017 05:10:02 PDTNational Observer: Front PageB.C.'s new gov't must protect foster kids from the fate that befell Santana Scott-Huntinghawkhttp://master.nationalobserver.com/2017/09/20/opinion/bcs-new-govt-must-protect-foster-kids-fate-befell-santana-scott-huntinghawk
Santanna Huntinghawk-Scott died last November, just months after she aged out of foster care, alone in a tent in a small wooded area just off a busy street in Surrey. She was only 19 and homeless.
Politicsnationalobserver-8041Wed, 20 Sep 2017 15:54:25 PDTNational Observer: Front PageEmail accused Wynne's office of trying to 'assist Greenpeace' http://master.nationalobserver.com/2017/09/20/news/email-accused-wynnes-office-trying-assist-greenpeace
Greenpeace Canada still faces a defamation lawsuit launched by Resolute Forest Products in an Ontario court. But newly-released documents reveal the political chess game underway behind the scenes.Politicsnationalobserver-7972Wed, 20 Sep 2017 15:04:51 PDTNational Observer: Front PageTrudeau assesses Trump climate policy and reminisces about Harper yearshttp://master.nationalobserver.com/2017/09/19/news/trudeau-assesses-trump-climate-policy-and-reminisces-about-harper-years
Even if there's "a little less participation” by the Trump administration, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he expects other U.S. politicians to lead the way.Energynationalobserver-8025Tue, 19 Sep 2017 13:26:09 PDTNational Observer: Front PageTorture and interrogation the CSIS and RCMP wayhttp://master.nationalobserver.com/2017/09/20/news/torture-and-interrogation-csis-and-rcmp-way
Canadian citizens have been tortured and interrogated in foreign countries due to CSIS' and the RCMP's actions, despite evidence of them being terrorists never made publicnationalobserver-7935Wed, 20 Sep 2017 08:59:50 PDTNational Observer: Front PageFossil fuel expansion crushes renewableshttp://master.nationalobserver.com/2017/09/20/analysis/fossil-fuel-expansion-crushes-renewables
Renewables are rising, but fossil fuels are rising even more. Energynationalobserver-7957Wed, 20 Sep 2017 09:23:49 PDTNational Observer: Front PageWhy some campaigns lose while others winhttp://master.nationalobserver.com/2017/09/20/opinion/why-some-campaigns-lose-while-others-win
There may be a roadmap for moving from shallow “clicktivism” to deeper levels of engagement.nationalobserver-8023Wed, 20 Sep 2017 12:06:23 PDTNational Observer: Front PageSuzuki debunks climate change deniers' claims about plantshttp://master.nationalobserver.com/2017/09/20/opinion/suzuki-debunks-climate-change-deniers-claims-about-plants
Some climate deniers claim carbon dioxide is good for plants, and plants are good for people, so we should aim to pump even more CO2 into the atmosphere than we already are.Energynationalobserver-8035Wed, 20 Sep 2017 07:08:57 PDTNational Observer: Front PageEnbridge suspends work on pipeline expansion following inspectionhttp://master.nationalobserver.com/2017/09/19/news/enbridge-suspends-work-pipeline-expansion-following-inspection
Canada's largest pipeline company, Enbridge, has suspended work on an expansion project in the Rocky Mountain foothills of northeastern British Columbia over safety issues flagged by an inspection.Energy, Politicsnationalobserver-8024Tue, 19 Sep 2017 13:56:51 PDTNational Observer: Front PagePipeline regulator shared a reporter's bank info by 'accident'http://master.nationalobserver.com/2017/09/19/analysis/pipeline-regulator-shared-reporters-bank-info-accident
The NEB is great at censoring information it doesn't want the public to see. But a senior official admits it was careless about protecting my own personal bank account information.Energy, Politicsnationalobserver-8006Tue, 19 Sep 2017 13:33:00 PDTNational Observer: Front PageNational Observer shortlisted for four Canadian Online Publishing Awardshttp://master.nationalobserver.com/2017/09/19/news/national-observer-shortlisted-four-canadian-online-publishing-awards
The awards bring both traditional and new media brands together for one big competition showcasing the country's top journalistic talent.Energy, Politicsnationalobserver-8026Tue, 19 Sep 2017 13:15:30 PDTNational Observer: Front PageJustin Trudeau and Theresa May form alliance on climate battlefieldhttp://master.nationalobserver.com/2017/09/18/news/justin-trudeau-and-theresa-may-form-alliance-climate-battlefield
Canada and Britain will launch a new initiative on “clean growth” and “clean innovation” that will be made up of both government and private sector members.Energynationalobserver-8009Mon, 18 Sep 2017 14:51:37 PDTNational Observer: Front PageDocuments reveal extent of Alberta oil giants' grip on B.C. under Christy Clark http://master.nationalobserver.com/2017/09/18/news/documents-reveal-extent-alberta-oil-giants-grip-bc-under-christy-clark
British Columbia's government held secret meetings in Calgary boardroom to revise the Climate Leadership Team's recommendations.
Energynationalobserver-7996Mon, 18 Sep 2017 13:33:26 PDTNational Observer: Front PageCanada to speak up for Rohingya Muslims at United Nations: Freelandhttp://master.nationalobserver.com/2017/09/17/news/canada-speak-rohingya-muslims-united-nations-freeland
Canada's foreign affairs minister says the government is very concerned about the plight of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar and plans to speak up on their behalf.Politicsnationalobserver-7990Sun, 17 Sep 2017 08:24:49 PDTNational Observer: Front PageWhite House denies softening climate change position at Montreal meetinghttp://master.nationalobserver.com/2017/09/16/news/white-house-denies-softening-climate-change-position-montreal-meeting
The apparent shift in U.S. policy left many observers stunned, but came after officials from Canada, the European Union and China insisted that the Paris treaty was irreversible and non-negotiable.COP21, Energy, Politicsnationalobserver-7984Sat, 16 Sep 2017 14:57:46 PDTNational Observer: Front PageFacebook launches artificial intelligence research lab in Montrealhttp://master.nationalobserver.com/2017/09/16/news/facebook-launches-artificial-intelligence-research-lab-montreal
Facebook has become the latest technology company to dig into Montreal's burgeoning artificial intelligence sector, announcing the opening of a research lab in the city on Friday, September 2017.Politicsnationalobserver-7976Sat, 16 Sep 2017 12:41:10 PDTNational Observer: Front PageIs bigotry blinding CSIS and the RCMP — to disastrous effect?http://master.nationalobserver.com/2017/09/14/news/bigotry-blinding-csis-and-rcmp-disastrous-effect
Is bigotry at CSIS and the RCMP leading to intelligence and human rights fiascos?Politicsnationalobserver-7838Thu, 14 Sep 2017 09:56:58 PDTNational Observer: Front PageQuebec City police confirm car torching was a hate crime targeting Muslims http://master.nationalobserver.com/2017/09/15/news/quebec-city-police-confirm-car-torching-was-hate-crime-targeting-muslims
Quebec City police have officially ruled that the president of a local mosque whose car was set ablaze in August was the victim of a hate crime.
Politicsnationalobserver-7970Fri, 15 Sep 2017 09:41:41 PDTNational Observer: Front PageHydro-Québec abandons dam project on majestic Magpie Riverhttp://master.nationalobserver.com/2017/09/14/news/hydro-quebec-abandons-dam-project-majestic-magpie-river
The Quebec government's energy corporation is abandoning plans to dam a popular river with a major hydroelectric project following intensive opposition from environmentalists.Energy, Politicsnationalobserver-7962Thu, 14 Sep 2017 19:05:16 PDTNational Observer: Front PageAs scientists criticize, Trudeau government explores ozone funding ‘options’http://master.nationalobserver.com/2017/09/15/news/scientists-criticize-trudeau-government-explores-ozone-funding-options
At an anniversary marking the signing of the Montreal Protocol, Environment Minister Catherine McKenna said the government was still exploring its options on funding for ozone research.Energy, Politicsnationalobserver-7971Fri, 15 Sep 2017 15:49:58 PDTNational Observer: Front PageTory critic wants access to secret NAFTA textshttp://master.nationalobserver.com/2017/09/14/news/tory-critic-wants-access-secret-nafta-texts
If people outside government who are involved in the consultation process can be privy to NAFTA documents, parliamentarians should be too, says an opposition member.Politicsnationalobserver-7951Thu, 14 Sep 2017 15:33:19 PDTNational Observer: Front PageThe pillow, the sword and the pipeline: the scoop that unraveled Energy Easthttp://master.nationalobserver.com/2017/09/14/analysis/pillow-sword-and-pipeline-scoop-unraveled-energy-east
If I don’t get an answer to a question today about a matter of public interest — a matter that could affect millions of people — you can expect that I will ask that question tomorrow. Energy, Politicsnationalobserver-7741Thu, 14 Sep 2017 14:03:16 PDTNational Observer: Front PageAndrew Weaver 'absolutely thrilled' by new budget for B.C.http://master.nationalobserver.com/2017/09/13/opinion/andrew-weaver-absolutely-thrilled-new-budget-bc
B.C. Green Party leader Andrew Weaver says things are going "exceptionally well" as the Greens and NDP work together. Politicsnationalobserver-7949Wed, 13 Sep 2017 19:05:39 PDTNational Observer: Front PageA harrowing journey through Montreal's fentanyl crisishttp://master.nationalobserver.com/2017/09/13/news/they-almost-lost-their-lives-montreal-alley
Two women's brush with death demonstrates the challenges cities face in dealing with the fentanyl crisis.Politicsnationalobserver-7798Wed, 13 Sep 2017 15:02:45 PDTNational Observer: Front PageDid Catherine McKenna just contradict Trudeau on climate change?http://master.nationalobserver.com/2017/09/12/analysis/did-catherine-mckenna-just-contradict-trudeau-climate-change
"Now is exactly the time to be talking about extreme weather, climate and resilience," Catherine McKenna told a climate change scientist on Twitter on Monday. "Failing to do so is irresponsible."Energy, Politicsnationalobserver-7933Tue, 12 Sep 2017 16:17:57 PDTNational Observer: Front Page